How To Put On Metal Roof Cap

To make sure you put it in the right place you need to make reference lines.

How to put on metal roof cap.

This is part 6 of a 6 part video series explaining how i installed a metal roof on my house. Use 1 1 4 inch nails to cover the outline of the roof with strips of metal eave flashing also called edging. In this part i cover installing vented foam closures and the rid. Metal roofing ridge cap installation steps center a piece of ridge cap on the building peak.

Place corner pieces where panels will meet bends at the edge of the roofing. Step by step instruction on how to install a standing seam metal roof. Make a mark at the cap s lower edges both sides at one end of the ridge. If there are gutters installed on the eaves the eave flashing should be installed to overhang the lip of the gutter by about 1 2 inch.

We re going to get the hip cap in place and let it overhang at the eave so that i can make marks and bend it down. This closes it off for a nice finished look where the two joints at the eave are. Fasten the ridge cap with metal to metal fasteners at twelve inch on center. We cover all the basics of metal roof installation.

From underlayment venting layout. Space the screws about 12 in 30 cm apart down the entire piece of metal. Fasten through the high seam of the metal roofing panel. First we re going to put the hip cap in place and mark it so that we can prepare the end here at the eave and the top at the ridge.

Take your first sheet of metal and place it on the roof so that it overhangs the edge at least 3 4 in 1 9 cm. Put the first piece of ridge cap metal in place. Begin metal roof ridge cap installation by drawing lines the closure material goes on before the actual ridge cap. Use your neoprene washer head screws to secure the metal to the sheathing.